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A Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty on embezzlement charges that could see his prison sentence significantly extended. IMAGES of Alexei Navalny appearing via video link in the court's press room
Saint Petersburg (Russia), Apr 28 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Anatoly Maltsev) Government workers in Saint Petersburg erased on Wednesday a mural dedicated to the jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in which one could read "The hero of the new era".FOOTAGE OF THE WALL DEDICATED TO RUSSIAN OPPOSITION ALEXÉI NAVALNY IN SAINT PETERSBURG.
Moscow (Russia), Feb 2 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Yury Kochetkov/Maxim Shipenkov).- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared in court Tuesday for a hearing that could see him jailed for 3.5 years on charges he claims are politically-motivated. Russia’s penitentiary service has now asked a district court in Moscow to order Navalny to serve a suspended prison sentence he was given for fraud charges in 2014, claiming that he violated parole conditions while in Germany. Navalny, 44, arrived at the court with his lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, and wife Yulia. His arrest last month sparked protests in Russia and over 5,600 people were arrested during a demonstration on Sunday, according to local media site OVD-Info.FOOTAGE FROM OUTSIDE THE COURT WHERE NAVALNI'S TRIAL IS TAKING PLACE
Moscow (Russia), Feb 2 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Sergei Ilnitsky).- The trial of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service, which is demanding to enforce the suspended 3.5-year prison sentence to which he was sentenced in 2014, began Tuesday at the Moscow City CourtFOOTAGE OF THE TRIAL.
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears in court charged with violating a 2014 suspended sentence for embezzlement by skipping out on check-ins with Russia's prison service while in Germany recovering from a poisoning attack. IMAGES
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya reacts to the movement winning the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for human rights. Belarus has been gripped by unprecedented protests since Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in an August election over Tikhanovskaya. SOUNDBITE